Ringleader in massive rate evasion scam to walk free after pleading guilty
Lefen “Helen” Chen, the supposed ringleader in what investigators have called the biggest insurance fraud case in Western Massachusetts history, will...
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Mass. court decision suggests lack of concern for auto rate evasion
The scam started with a small, classified ad in a Chinese newspaper circulated in New York, offering cheap auto insurance. Forty...
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Mass. court clears three rate-evaders from New York after restitution is paid
Three defendants in an insurance fraud scheme touted as the biggest in Western Massachusetts history are in the clear after paying...
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Pennsylvania man charged with buying policy after car accident
A Smethport man was arraigned on allegations of insurance fraud Wednesday for allegedly buying car insurance after he’d been in an...
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Garden City man sentenced for insurance fraud
A Garden City man convicted of insurance fraud in July has been sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay...
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New charges for alleged insurance fraud ringleader
The alleged leader of an auto insurance fraud ring has been indicted on nearly 30 new charges. Lefen “Helen” Chen, 55,...
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Ex-judge’s daughter in Pennsylvania sentenced for auto rate evasion
The daughter of convicted former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin on Friday entered a program designed for first-time offenders...
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38 charged in massive auto underwriting scam in New York and Mass.
Nearly 300 indictments have been handed up following an multi-state insurance fraud investigation. Mary Carey, spokesperson for the Northwestern District Attorney’s...
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Pennsylvania woman accused of buying policy minutes after crash
When a Kingston woman called to set up an auto insurance policy in April, she told the agent she hadn’t been...
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Cop in Washington accused of buying policy after roof collapse
Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy B. Jeske has been charged with two counts of insurance fraud after an investigation by the...
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